Discover Kavala by Hire Car
Kavala is an impressive port city in the Macedonia region of northern Greece. With a population of around 70,000, it is the second largest city in this part of the country after Thessaloniki.
Kavala was founded as early as the sixth millennium BC, and over the years came to prosper from gold discoveries in the adjacent Pangaion Mountains.
In168 BC, the town was granted city rights.
Sights in Kavala
During its history, Kavala has been under the rule of the Ottomans, Byzantines, Romans and Venetians. Numerous imposing buildings in the city today still bear witness to these eras.
Among them, the Kamares, a Roman aquaduct reconstructed by Suleyman the Magnificent in the 16th century, rises extremely picturesquely on the outskirts of Kavala’s old town.
But also worth seeing are the fort from the Byzantine period, built around 1600, or the Panagia, the old Turkish quarter with its steep alleys. The Imaret, with its numerous domes and courtyards, is also very oriental.
But Kavala also has a unique significance for Christianity, because in 49 Paul of Tharsus went ashore here to found the first Christian community on the European mainland in Phillipi, 20 kilometres away.
The ruins of the city, whose amphitheatre still hosts regular performances of ancient plays, are easily reached by hire car.
Exploring the surroundings of Kavala
The port of Kavala, which is the starting point for ferries to Thassos and Samothrace, is also picturesque.
The name Kavala dates back to the Venetians, who established a postal station here on the Via Egnatia, a strategically important road that connected the Borsporus to the Adriatic. Cavallo is the Italian word for horse.
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